Irish immigrants settled in the areas of Waterford West and Logan Reserve. The first
Catholic Church was located in Logan Reserve on the property of John Gavan. This
bark structure was built in 1865 and also doubled as a school. It was relocated a
number of times, ultimately to a site in Waterford West near the Morning Star Hotel
on the corner of Loganlea Road. While a simple timber chapel was located here from
around 1874, Archbishop Dunne formally dedicated a more substantial renovated
structure in December 1892. The Leo Family who owned the hotel at that time
donated the land to the Church. A cemetery evolved beside the church and remained
on site until 1993.

Logan Reserve Irish Catholic
Cemetery is located in part of the
original Logan Agricultural Reserve
on land selected by John Gavan in
September 1862. Bishop Quinn
founded the Queensland Immigration
Society in 1862, which encouraged
Irish people to escape the ravages of
the famine by coming to Queensland.
Mary Anne and John Gavan and their seven children were amongst these
Irish settlers. John Gavan took land in the Logan Agricultural Reserve in
August 1863. In April 1865 a one acre allotment was excised and
transferred to Bishop James Quinn in April 1865. This was the site of the
first Catholic Church in the Logan District. The building was a simple bark
hut and was also used as a school.
The only headstone on the Logan Reserve site indicates four burials from
the Moloney family, although they are not all buried there. The Catholic
Church relocated to Waterford in the early 1870's and most of the
Waterford Catholics are buried there. It was located at 954-956 Kingston-
Beenleigh Road, west of the Club Hotel.
Nevertheless there are many buried on the Logan Reserve site including the
original owner of the land John Gavan, his wife Mary Anne and daughter
Lucy. Confirmed burials on this site include John (senior) and Mary
Moloney, John Rafter junior and senior, Catherine Cusack and Arthur
OKeefe.
The church sold the 954-956 Kingston-Beenleigh Road church and
cemetery site in 1983, after relocating the four graves which had headstones
to Gleneagle near Beaudesert.
extracted from Logan City Council link below